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LOT 1724
Natural History - 'Guppy' Fossil Fish Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
11 1/2 in. (1.1 kg, 29 cm).
A sedimentary matrix displaying at least 11 full and partial fossil 'guppy' fish; a mortality plate. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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